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Apollo 11 fails
The Apollo 11 mission failed to land on the moon.
Instead of being the first humans on the moon, the astronauts had to come back early because of problems with their spaceship. This made a lot of people disappointed and worried about space travel. -
NASA losing support
Because the moon landing failed, many people stopped getting excited about space. Congress didn’t want to give NASA as much money, so their projects got smaller.